While I am looking for a new full time job I started doing several part time jobs so that I can generate some type of income.  One of those jobs that I am doing is substitute teaching at our school district’s K-8 schools. Now I know how it is when students…

I lost my job. About 5 months ago. I haven’t been in a place to write about it until recently.  I was keeping much of it inside.  I didn’t want to write about it because it all kinda hurt.  Even though I know it was a business decision and that…

New Year resolutions are abound at this time of year.  I am not against them or am I going to sit here and spout off all the statistics about how all of us make resolutions but break them within the first 2 weeks.  The media will remind us of this more…

Christmas time came a little later this year due to the timing of the Thanksgiving Holiday – and it is still such a wonderful time! It is amazing how everyone (including our family!) is rushing around trying to make sure we get all the gifts, attend all the tree lightning ceremonies, and…

 This year we were fortunate to be able to spend Thanksgiving with some of our extended family  (cousins, Aunts, etc.).  This hasn’t always been the case and made it even more of a special time since we don’t get to see them that often. At work on Monday this holiday gives…

I love to talk.  Just ask my wife! I am certain that God gifted me with such a wonderful spouse because He knew I needed to use a lot of words each day and she has the best listening skills of anyone I know. She will listen to me rant and rave…

Halloween was just last week as you know. Since moving to Nashville we have been holding a joint neighborhood party in our front driveway that has grown over the years to be attended by over 60-70 people.  We give out free candy (of course) but some of our neighbors also…

I get tired of it. I get tired of always being nice to everyone even when they go behind my back at the office and take credit for the work that I did. I get tired of people saying they are going to do something to my face then when…

He said it so unkindly. And it hurt. I was in a meeting, with many of my peers, and I made a mistake in my presentation.  It wasn’t a big mistake, something that could have been corrected at the end of the meeting, or even at a later time when the meeting…

I got challenged on it. Twice. Someone at my workplace asked me why I acted the way I did when it came to treating others the way I treated them.  Even when they noticed someone was rude to me in a meeting, or a different person took all of the credit for…